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Bloomberg:
Trump's Grip on GOP Slips as Midterm Election Anxiety Sets In  —  As Donald Trump took an aggressive stance on the global stage at the United Nations on Tuesday, several Senate Republicans were breaking from the president back in Washington.  —  The GOP backlash, which has been simmering below …
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Politico:
GOP Armed Services chair blasts White House welcome of Chinese leader  —  Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker lambasted the White House decision to invite Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a state dinner this week, calling the foreign head of state “a brutal, unelected and oppressive dictator” who cannot be trusted.
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Trump backs ban on diesel exports  —  President Trump said Tuesday that he has called for a ban on U.S. diesel exports, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the administration is examining whether a full or partial ban is feasible. … - Economists and energy analysts the move …
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Are Running on Empty  —  The party's panicky rush to ban diesel exports reveals their electoral trouble.  —  Republicans are watching the polls with increasing dismay as their midterm prospects worsen.  Alas, their response is to compound the disarray with policy mistakes …
Politico:
Sen. Jon Husted: Iran war ‘needs to come to an end as quickly as possible’  —  Sen. Jon Husted became the latest battleground Republican this week to call for a quick end to the Iran war, as panic grows over how high gas prices and President Donald Trump's agenda could imperil the party's chances in November.
Jordain Carney / Politico:   Senate Republicans stew on pre-election dilemma: Should they stay or should they go?
Claire Heddles / Miami Herald:
Byron Donalds strips Trump references from his campaign website
Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:
DOJ Tells Judge Trump White House Media Ban Is Lawful  —  The US Justice Department urged a federal judge to reject a request by CNN, MS Now and Politico for a court order reinstating White House press credentials for their journalists, after President Donald Trump banned them for what he deemed negative coverage of his administration.
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Major news outlets banned by Trump will have their day in court  —  Reporters try to hold President Trump and his administration accountable.  —  Now three major U.S. news outlets are asking a federal judge — a Trump appointee at that — to hold the president in check for what they say is …
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
White House Melts Down at CNN Host With Vile Slur
Discussion: HuffPost
Associated Press:
‘You should not be here:’ Trump chastises CNN for covering him at the UN
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Hispanic Voters, Abandoning Trump, Are Transforming the Midterm Map  —  Texas and even Florida are the places to watch in November if a polling pattern holds.  —  President Trump's enormous gains among Hispanic voters in the last election propelled him to victory in the national popular vote …
Discussion: Associated Press, Mediaite and MS NOW
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Poll: Trump's approval hits a new low of 33% as Republicans sour; Democrats lead House vote by 10 with likely voters  —  This article reports results from the September 2026 Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  A methodology description is included at the end of this article.
Discussion: NPR, CNN and Military Times
David Montgomery / YouGov:
Democrats hold a 14-point lead among likely voters
New York Times:
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins  —  The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor's account, according to current and former officials.  —  The F.B.I. in 2025 shut down an inquiry into allegations …
Chris Marquette / Politico:
GOP senator wants to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. over Russian-funded wedding  —  A Senate Republican from Utah is asking the Senate Judiciary Committee to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. following reports that the president's son had parts of his wedding paid for by a Russian oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Olivia Diaz / New York Times:
Republican Senator Urges Congress to Investigate Donald Trump Jr.
Associated Press:
GOP Sen. John Curtis calls for probe of Trump Jr. after wedding party bankrolled by Russian oligarch
Brittany Gibson / Axios:
Trump's last-ditch hunt for voter fraud  —  The Trump administration says Americans should prepare between now and Election Day for a wave of new arrests and prosecutions over alleged non-citizen voter fraud. … - “This initiative is a tier one priority,” a Justice Department official told reporters on Tuesday.
Discussion: Fox News
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Liz Hoffman / Semafor:
Kalshi to allow trading on borrowed funds  —  Kalshi will let users juice their bets with borrowed money — but only some, showing where the prediction-markets platform thinks its future lies.  Kalshi asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to let it extend margin loans to customers …
Discussion: Axios
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Davis Giangiulio / CNBC:
Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
New York Times:
Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud  —  Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.  — 1.3k  —  The Trump administration has ejected more than 750,000 enrollees from the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces …
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New York Times:
Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees  —  A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.  —  A high profile hacking group claims it has breached multiple FBI-related services and stolen data …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Kagan steers Supreme Court clear of high-profile surrogacy fight  —  Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan declined a surrogate's emergency bid on Tuesday to intervene in her custody fight that drew national attention after the biological parents' told her to get an abortion and she left for Texas instead.
New York Times:
Trump Once Vowed to ‘Own’ Greenland.  He Settled for Something Much Less.  —  President Trump signed a Greenland security deal that falls well short of his demands to turn the island into a U.S. territory.  —  In January, President Trump was clear about his need to take over all of Greenland, and to make it American territory.
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Jeffries Abruptly Cancels Fundraiser With Fox News's Favorite Dem  —  A nightmare on K Street … A fundraising event that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries had been set to attend was abruptly canceled Tuesday, following reporting from The Bulwark about the planned participation …
Discussion: Mediaite
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr.'s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office  —  Cost of health secretary's security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026  —  The Department of Health and Human Services informed congressional appropriators earlier …
Washington Post:
Man shot and detained by ICE hospitalized for partial paralysis, lawyer says  —  Wilber Garcés Pérez was transferred to a hospital after his condition worsened, according to his attorney.  He was shot and wounded by an ICE officer in Texas.  —  Summary
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Festival Canceled Last-Minute as Dismal VIP Ticket Sales Exposed  —  DETERRED  —  Organizer Eric Deters fumed in a video canceling the Kid Rock-headlined event.  —  A MAGA festival in Kentucky headlined by Kid Rock, Republican Rep. James Comer, and Dog the Bounty Hunter was abruptly canceled …
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
The Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Election  —  The tax cuts in President Trump's signature achievement were the Republicans' answer to voters' economic struggles, but its health care and food assistance cuts are taking a toll.  —  In a midterm election largely shaped …
Washington Post:
GOP appears deeply worried about Senate race in N.C., a once reliable state  —  Republicans privately say the key battleground for Senate control may be out of reach as nominee Michael Whatley's ties to the president bog him down.  —  Summary  —  Republican officials …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Bloomberg
MS NOW:
Trump aides explore attaching president's name to Ford's Theatre  —  The playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated has been mentioned among federal properties that could carry the president's name, people familiar with the effort told MS NOW.  —  As President Donald Trump fights …
Reuters:
AI leaders to brief UN amid warnings the technology could slip beyond human control  —  Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic and Hugging Face will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday amid warnings increasingly powerful AI technologies could soon improve themselves, slip beyond human control and threaten international security.
Discussion: ABC News
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Paul: ICE hasn't shared information about Minneapolis shooting probes  —  The Department of Homeland Security still has not shared the findings from its investigations into the January killings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis, despite continued requests from the top Republican …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to Supreme Court for third time
Michael Stratford / Politico:
Bessent ‘inadvertently’ failed to report at least $100K of JPMorgan stock
Amy Harmon / New York Times:
Hospitals Shutter Youth Gender Clinics in Deal With Trump Administration
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
How do Republicans deal with el Sayed?
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Democrats prod progressives to spend for El-Sayed
Bloomberg:
World Liberty's Crypto Ties Enriched Trump as Investors Lost Out
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
If Poland Gets a US Base It'll Be Called Fort Trump, Nawrocki Says
Discussion: Notes From Poland
Herb Scribner / Axios:
Trump TV is live. Here's what it's actually showing
Myles Miller / Bloomberg:
Netanyahu Attacks Mamdani on Social Media Ahead of UN Speech
Anjana Ahuja / Financial Times:
The next generation of American scientists is fading away
Matt Gertz / MS NOW:
Fox News stars are going to new lengths to avoid bad news for Trump
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Trump to divert $2.5B to shutter USAID, let other cash expire next week, Democrats warn
 

 
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
A US federal judge sets a Thursday hearing on state AGs' settlement with Paramount to address “outstanding questions” about the proposed consent decree

Politico:
Court filing: the US DOJ defends the White House ban on Politico, CNN, and MS Now, saying they published “classified and national security information”

Angus Whitley / Bloomberg:
The US criticizes Australia's digital duty-of-care proposal, which has a provision that would require social media platforms to let users opt out of algorithms
 
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